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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 7, 20034 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2003, 2:56 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2003, 2:56 AM EDT (06:56 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2003, 3:30 AM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cherokee County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Pickens County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 126 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2003-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 876 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2003-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
876 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 070656
SVRATL
GAC057-085-123-227-070730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
255 AM EDT WED MAY 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WESTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 330 AM EDT

* AT 252 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER JASPER...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BALL
GROUND...EAST ELLIJAY...JASPER...NELSON AND TALKING ROCK.

WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA WITH 
SIGNIFICANT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

LAT...LON 3470 8448 3440 8457 3423 8432 3446 8415

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 9:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding4 hr
May 6, 10:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBibb, Jones, Monroe4 hr
May 6, 10:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCLamar, Meriwether, Pike4 hr
May 7, 2:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray, Walker, Whitfield31 min
May 7, 2:48 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens117 min
May 7, 3:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin26 min
May 7, 3:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall37 min
May 7, 8:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFannin, Towns, Union3 hr
May 7, 4:22 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Heard38 min
May 7, 4:57 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Heard33 min
May 7, 5:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll3 hr
May 7, 5:51 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHeard54 min
May 7, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Fulton46 min
May 7, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Fulton40 min
May 7, 6:24 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Fulton51 min
May 7, 6:31 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCoweta59 min
May 7, 6:35 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Fulton40 min
May 7, 6:53 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Heard37 min
May 7, 7:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Heard4 hr
May 7, 7:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton3 hr
May 7, 7:29 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCoweta31 min
May 7, 7:34 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFayette41 min
May 7, 7:56 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCClayton, Henry49 min
May 7, 7:59 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCTroup46 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.